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Edited by John J. Collins and Timothy H. Lim

Abstract

The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls seeks to probe the main disputed issues in the study of the Scrolls. In 1947 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much-publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the first discovery. That occasion was marked by a spate of major publications which attempted to sum up the state of scholarship at the end of the twentieth century, including The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. These publications produced an authoritative synthesis to which the majority of scholars in the field subscribed, despite some disagreements in the detail. Lively debate continues over the archaeology and history of the site, the nature and identity of the sect, and its relation to the broader world of Second Temple Judaism and to later Jewish and Christian tradition. It is the book's intention here to reflect on diverse opinions and viewpoints, highlight the points of disagreement, and point to promising directions for future research.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:

Oct 2010

ISBN:

9780199207237

Published online:

Jan 2011

DOI:

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207237.001.0001

Editors

John J. Collins,editor
John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament at Yale. His books include The Apocalyptic Imagination and The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism (co-edited with Bernard McGinn and Stephen J. Stein).

Timothy H. Lim,editor
Timothy H. Lim is Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.

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